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minimize

[min-uh-mahyz] / ˈmɪn əˌmaɪz /


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It’s a fast, low-effort way to minimize waste and feel resourceful in the kitchen.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Since selling can trigger capital-gains taxes, it’s best, if possible, to concentrate your rebalancing in tax-deferred accounts to minimize tax consequences.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

"The trend signals a pressing need for policies and innovative interventions that can minimize both the risk and severity of neurodegenerative disorders like dementia," Shetty said.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

But his lesser narrative skills, and his tendency to minimize Spartan errors, make that theme hard to discern in his works.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Hinted at the gravity of the so-called “trauma of decanting,” and enumerated the precautions taken to minimize, by a suitable training of the bottled embryo, that dangerous shock.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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